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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Jack's relationship with Clara?
(a) They live in the same house, but they fight all of the time.
(b) He is very close to her.
(c) He provides money for her.
(d) They used to like each other, but now they don't.

2. What is the name of the tenant on Jack's farm?
(a) William.
(b) Parker.
(c) Elton.
(d) Andy.

3. How did the townspeople find out about the change in relationship between Jack and Rose?
(a) They made little attempt to conceal the relationship.
(b) Mat walked around and told the entire town.
(c) Their new business was announced in the paper.
(d) Jack's wife told everyone about their new relationship.

4. Where did Ruth go after her heart attack?
(a) To Rose's house.
(b) To Mat's and Margaret's house.
(c) Back to the farm with Jack.
(d) To Clara's house in Louisville.

5. How old was Jack when Ruth suffered her heart attack?
(a) 45.
(b) 90.
(c) 75.
(d) 50.

6. Who comes to pay their respects as Jack lies in the coffin?
(a) Clara and Margaret.
(b) Only Glad and Clara.
(c) Glad, Clara, and people from town.
(d) Just friends from town.

7. What does Jack's lawyer inform Jack's tenant when he arrives on the farm?
(a) That the farm is going to be given to Mat.
(b) That the farm land is going to be donated to a developer in town.
(c) That Jack wanted the tenant to buy the farm at half price after his death.
(d) That the farm is going to Clara.

8. Once Mat determines that Jack is dead, what does he do?
(a) He falls into is wife's arms in grief.
(b) He goes back to his own work, thinking about Jack.
(c) He tells everyone in town that Jack is dead.
(d) He prepares everything for Jack's burial.

9. What did Jack realize when he told Glad of his plans for the future?
(a) Glad was an inept farmer.
(b) Clara wanted to stay and run the business.
(c) Glad had already found a way to take over the farm.
(d) Glad and Clara would never live in Port William.

10. Where is Andy's girlfriend going?
(a) To Andy's same college.
(b) To Ohio State.
(c) To college on the East Coast.
(d) To the college that Jack graduated from.

11. When does the accident occur that changes Jack's feelings about Rose?
(a) During a snowstorm.
(b) During a flood.
(c) During a tornado.
(d) During a hurricane.

12. How do the people who gather remember Jack?
(a) Fondly.
(b) Jealously.
(c) Angrily.
(d) With contempt.

13. After changing his feelings about Rose, what did Jack decide to accept about his marriage?
(a) That he needed to stay faithful to his wife even though he didn't want to.
(b) It could withstand a friendship with another woman.
(c) It was loveless.
(d) It was time to make the marriage work.

14. How does Andy's girlfriend feel about their relationship?
(a) She wants to get married before Andy goes to college.
(b) She has less serious thoughts about their relationship.
(c) She wants to break up before they go to college.
(d) She wants to get married as soon as Andy graduates from college.

15. Where is Andy from?
(a) Port William.
(b) A nearby town.
(c) Louisville.
(d) Cincinnati.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the doubt that Andy's girlfriend has about their relationship?

2. How was Ben killed?

3. What is the best description of Rose and Jack's interaction with one another?

4. How does Rose die?

5. What is the best description of Glad Pettit's financial status?

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